Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is the ninth studio album by American grunge rock band Pearl Jam, originally released in May 2006 via J Records.

Pearl Jam is the first and only release for J Records and their last studio album issued through Sony Music. The band commenced work on Pearl Jam in November 2004 at Studio X in Seattle, Washington and finished recording in February 2006.

The music on the record was proclaimed as a return to the band's roots, with an emphasis on up-tempo songs with an aggressive sound. The song lyrics are mostly told from the point of view of characters and deal with the socio-political issues in the United States at the period, such as the war on terror.

Pearl Jam was critically well received and a commercial success, debuting at #2 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart and eventually outselling the band's previous release, Riot Act.

The album produced three singles "World Wide Suicide," "Life Wasted" and "Gone”, all of which were moderately successful.

This double album is a 2017 reissue with remastered audio on black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves and booklet, pressed in Europe via Epic Records.